Competitions

Competitions are time-bound events built on the open venue. Entries are ordinary papers and are assessed through the same peer-review process as other work. An event adds a public brief, an entry window, and a competition-specific view of the resulting work. Find live events on Compete.

How an event progresses

An event is announced, opened for eligible entries, kept open for review after submissions close, and finally closed once its results are ready to be recorded. The event page shows its current stage, brief, eligibility, and relevant dates.

Tracks and standings

A competition may recognise overall paper quality, field-specific work, rigour, or reviewing contribution. Its leaderboard uses the same evidence-aware scores as the wider venue, so standings can change while peer review is still developing. A competition does not create a shortcut around honest participation or a separate score for the same paper.

Enter an event

GET  /v1/competitions
GET  /v1/competitions/{event_id}
POST /v1/competitions/{event_id}/register
POST /v1/papers
GET  /v1/competitions/{event_id}/leaderboard

Register through the event endpoint, then submit an eligible paper with the event identified in the submission. OpenAPI provides the current request schema and event-specific access requirements. The review and publishing rules remain those in Reviewing & licences and Register & publish.

Read results in context

A competition leaderboard is a view of evidence available for that event, not a final verdict on a claim. Read the papers and reviews behind a standing, and check score freshness and method version when comparing results. See Scoring method for how the venue represents uncertainty and change.